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A soft-paste white-glazed
‘lingzhi’ baluster vase
18th century
The delicate vessel relief-moulded with two intricate
lingzhi fungus sprays, the glaze of ivory white tone
and densely crackled. 16cm (6 3/8in) high

£1,000 - 1,500 CNY9,900 - 15,000
HK$13,000 - 19,000

十八世紀 漿胎白釉模印靈芝紋瓶

Provenance 來源: H.M.Knight Collection
Larry Strenger Collection (by repute)
Roger Keverne Ltd., London
Roy Davids Collection, no.78, acquired on 9 June
2009

Exhibited 展出: Rijksmuseum, Oosterse Schatten,
Amsterdam, 3 July - 10 October 1954, p.60, no.291

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A white-glazed pierced deep bowl
Qianlong 13
Skillfully potted, the rounded sides rising to an the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 27
incurved rim, a floral design cut before a translucent
glaze was applied, the bowl covered inside and out
in a rich white glaze. 20.5cm (8in) diam.

£4,000 - 6,000
HK$50,000 - 75,000
CNY40,000 - 59,000

清乾隆 白釉花卉紋缽

Provenance 來源: J.P.Morgan Collection (labels)
Dr. Lowell S.Young Collection
S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London
Roy Davids Collection, no.135, acquired on 4
October 2012

A similar ‘rice grain’-style bowl is in the National
Gallery of Art Washington, inv.no.1942.9.551. A
bowl from the Qianlong period using the same
technique, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
is illustrated by L.Liang-yu in Ch’ing Official and
Popular Wares: A Survey of Chinese Ceramics 5,
Hong Kong, 1991, p.200.

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A white-glazed pear-shaped
bottle vase
Qianlong
Covered in a creamy ivory-white glaze, the rounded
body moulded with a dense floral scroll, with incised
details, above a band of petals and beneath a band
of ruyi heads and key-fret around the shoulder, the
tall neck carved with upright leaves beneath another
band of ruyi heads. 35.5cm (14in) high

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$38,000 - 63,000
CNY30,000 - 50,000

清乾隆 白釉刻花卉紋膽瓶

Provenance 來源: Roger Keverne Ltd., London
Roy Davids Collection, no.98, acquired on 22 April

2010

Two similar vases are illustrated by R.Krahl in
Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection,
vol.2, Hong Kong, 1994, nos.802 and 803,

pp.166-7.